Home Office must stop using GP patient data ‘like yellow pages’, RCGP demands

The Home Office must be prevented from using GP patient data‘like the yellow pages’, the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) has urged.  The comment follows renewed calls from the health and social care committee for NHS Digital to suspend an agreement– known as a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)– that allows it to share data with the Home Office.  RCGP chair Helen Stokes-Lampard said that the current approach followed by the Home Office risks putting off patients from visiting their GP practices.Hide related content:  Show related contentread more
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